Overview of Ibibio Adjectives

This paper discusses some relevant characteristics of adjectives and adjectival agreement in Ibibio, a Lower Cross Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. The existence of a closed class of adjectives in African languages is a point of controversy in the literature.

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Veröffentlicht in:Kansas working papers in linguistics 2014-01, Vol.35, p.79-94
1. Verfasser: Martinez-García, María Teresa
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper discusses some relevant characteristics of adjectives and adjectival agreement in Ibibio, a Lower Cross Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. The existence of a closed class of adjectives in African languages is a point of controversy in the literature.
ISSN:1043-3805
2378-7600
DOI:10.17161/KWPL.1808.15948